Cover Picture: A Microstructured Graphene/Poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) Membrane for Intelligent Solar Water Evaporation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50/2018). Issue 50 (14th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Panpan; Liu, Feng; Liao, Qihua; Yao, Houze; Geng, Hongya; Cheng, Huhu; Li, Chun; Qu, Liangti
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 57:Issue 50(2018)
• Page Start: 16235
• Page End: 16235
• Publication Date: 2018-11-14
• Subjects: irradiation -- membranes -- polymers -- self-adaptive materials -- water evaporation; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812798
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : Solar water evaporation with a leaf‐like microstructured graphene/poly( N ‐isopropylacrylamide) (mG/PNIPAm) membrane is described by L. Qu and co‐workers in their Communication onpage 16343 ff. In response to varying sunlight intensities, the water evaporation rate of this leaf‐like mG/PNIPAm membrane is tuned through opening and closing of the water transport channels in a process reminiscent of the stomatal opening and closing of leaves. A double‐layer membrane variant can further tailor water loss through self‐curling.